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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1968
Page
2
In Our Opinion examines status seeking as a national pastime and its excesses. It cites examples from pricey car displays to riding mowers and declares social status a theater of roles. It notes how old wealth and new wealth clash and ends with Glenn Rogers, a 67 year old hermit living off grid in California.
Harrisburg column defends factual reporting on Governor Shafer amid partisan chiding. It notes his January budget target, contrasts with past governors, and cites Labor Day traffic safety campaigns amid rising fatalities and prior acknowledgments from the Pennsylvania AAA Federation.
The piece reports ex governor George Wallace and current governor Albert Brewer calling for a full probe into alleged liquor distributor kickbacks to Wallace’s political circle in Alabama. It details suspected payoffs totaling over 138000 dollars from Bolling and Huey to Millsap, notes records to subpoena, and mentions Millsap’s tax returns as potential evidence. It also covers related editorial addenda and broader political commentary.
A compact guide lists state and federal officials with contact routes. It names State Representative Forest Hopking of North East, State Senator James Willard of Mercer County, U S Senators Hugh Scott and Joseph Clark, and U S Congressman Joseph Vigorito of Erie, with mailing addresses to reach Capitol or Washington offices.
The essayistic meditation on modern authors traces how television publicity and media saturation redefine a writer's identity. It describes a weary author promoting a seventeenth book, the publishing machine run by Mrs. Betty Marks, and the exhausting cross country tour through major cities.
Corry’s It Happened In Corry Lodge 685 and the 1 C O F will be guests of Sherman Lodge tomorrow evening. The item references local fraternal activity and a social gathering noted in a Corry newspaper.
Friday marks the date’s start with 25 days left in the year. Notable events include 1917 Halifax harbor explosions killing about 1,600 and wounding 4,000. 1492 Columbus’s discovery of Haiti. 1917 Finland’s independence from Russia. 1938 Germany and France nonaggression pact. 1941 Roosevelt’s peace appeal to Hirohito before Pearl Harbor. 184 US Third Army crossing the Saar in Germany.
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